Chapter 2063: Beast Tide and Insect Tide

The old man only had time to scream a few times before his body was devoured clean by the Gold-Devouring Insects, leaving only a blood-red light-wrapped Nascent Soul, which spat out essence blood and urged eight pitch-black tokens to struggle bitterly.

And this was still the result of Han Li ordering the Gold-Devouring Insects to hold back and not use their full strength.

The old man's Nascent Soul was now terrified and begged Han Li for mercy repeatedly.

But Han Li ignored him and just beckoned with one hand.

"Sou!" A blood-red ring shot toward him and was grabbed into his palm.

It was the storage bracelet left behind by the insect swarm after the old man's body vanished.

Han Li swept his divine sense through it, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Although there were some treasures inside, there was no trace of the other three Saint Bricks he wanted.

"Fellow Daoist, if you spare me, I am willing to hand over the Saint Bricks with both hands." The Blood Crow City Lord's Nascent Soul saw this and screamed like a man grabbing the last straw.

"Why would I need you to hand over those three Saint Bricks? Can't Han find them himself?" Han Li swept his gaze toward the Nascent Soul, and suddenly cold laughter erupted with dazzling blue light in his eyes.

As soon as he said this, the Gold-Devouring Insects, which had been surrounding but not moving, buzzed loudly and swarmed toward the old man's Demon Nascent Soul without any reservation.

Those eight pitch-black tokens, although miraculous, how could they resist the Gold-Devouring Insects that devoured everything? They shattered and vanished one after another in an instant.

The Demon Nascent Soul let out a mournful cry before being devoured clean by the golden insects. But when the insect swarm retreated, three crystal-clear long bricks, each several inches large, were left behind in their place.

"So he hid these items in his Nascent Soul. If I hadn't probed with my spiritual eyes first, I really would have been deceived by him." Han Li saw the crystal bricks appear, swept his divine sense over them, and finally revealed a smile, muttering a few words.

Following this, he shook his sleeves, and a stream of cyan mist flew out, rolling up the three crystal bricks and putting them away.

These four crystal bricks not only contained the divine abilities and cultivation techniques of a Demon Realm Saint Ancestor but also carried a secret treasure map. Since he had encountered them, he would naturally never let them go.

At this moment, a series of booming sounds came from behind him, growing louder and louder.

Han Li's expression stirred. He turned around slowly and swept his gaze.

Only to see that dozens of feet away, Old Second Yang and Golden Gourd Demon Venerable were being tightly trapped in one place by a giant purple tripod emitting several giant ancient characters in the high sky.

As the ancient characters flickered and danced in the air, countless golden and silver runes flew out, and circles of purple mist spread layer by layer around the two.

It was the Purple Word Tripod!

This treasure was something Han Li had quietly released when he turned to deal with the Blood Crow City Lord.

Old Second Yang and Golden Gourd Demon Venerable had originally wanted to escape while Han Li was fighting the silver-eyed old man, but they hadn't expected to be caught off guard and trapped in place by this Purple Word Tripod.

In their shock and anger, they used various means to struggle desperately.

As a result, one had green flames rolling over his body, transforming into green fire dragons that clawed and scratched in the air, while the other held a golden gourd high, spraying balls of dazzling golden mist that circled around his body.

No matter how the two urged their treasures to attack wildly, the ancient characters flying out from the purple tripod possessed even more unimaginable power. They just flickered in the high sky, rendering all the attacks of the two into nothingness, and laid down layers of prohibitions in the nearby void, making the two unable to move an inch.

Han Li saw this scene, and a look of satisfaction flashed across his face.

This Purple Word Tripod was worthy of being a treasure refined from a Profound Heaven remnant treasure, unexpectedly trapping two Body Integration stage Demon Venerables with the power of one treasure. And this was when he hadn't personally urged the treasure; otherwise, its power could have increased by several times.

Old Second Yang and Golden Gourd Demon Venerable had naturally seen Han Li collect the blood fiend and destroy the Demon insects, and when they saw Han Li looking at them after destroying the Blood Crow City Lord's Nascent Soul, their hearts sank completely.

Under such circumstances, they couldn't hope that Han Li would spare them. And Han Li's divine abilities made them unable to even conceive of the idea of resisting.

"Brother Golden, if we don't leave now, we really won't be able to leave." Old Second Yang shouted to his companion with a pale face.

Following this, green flames suddenly surged on his body, and over a dozen colorful top-tier Demon artifacts shot out from his body, exploding simultaneously.

A series of earth-shattering loud noises came!

The powerful fluctuations caused by the self-destruction of the Demon artifacts forcibly broke all the prohibitions nearby.

Old Second Yang felt his body, which had been as heavy as a mountain, lighten. Without hesitation, he transformed into a ball of green light and shot away.

Golden Gourd Demon Venerable on the other side heard Old Second Yang's words and gritted his teeth, using his life-saving means.

He shook his arms, and the giant golden gourd he had been holding high unexpectedly transformed into a golden Qilin phantom with a muffled sound in the mist.

The Qilin phantom opened its mouth wide and spat out streams of golden, terrifying flames.

Wherever the flames passed, the power of the prohibitions laid down by the Purple Word Tripod dissolved and melted, and Golden Gourd Demon Venerable, wrapped in the Qilin phantom, transformed into a golden light and flew into the sky.

"Eh, unexpectedly there is Qilin aura, and it's fire-attributed. This is truly interesting." Han Li narrowed his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing, but without thinking, he formed hand seals with one hand and shook his sleeves.

The golden insect cloud spun, condensed into a giant blade over ten feet long, and shook, transforming into a golden glow that shot after Old Second Yang.

Wherever it passed, piercing sharp cries soared into the sky.

At the same time, a cyan sword light shot out from Han Li's sleeve.

After the sword light flashed and vanished, it unexpectedly slashed the Qilin phantom and the Golden Gourd Demon Venerable inside into two halves with lightning speed.

But this Golden Gourd Demon Venerable truly had some divine abilities. After screaming, he formed hand seals with both hands, and the essence blood he spat out transformed into balls of blood mist in the wind, dissolving into the phantom outside.

The originally slashed Qilin phantom instantly recovered as before, and paused slightly before carrying Golden Gourd Demon Venerable away through the air.

"Come out!" Han Li's brows furrowed, and he let out a low shout.

A phantom flashed out from his body, circled, and landed on the ground, revealing its true form.

It was unexpectedly a golden-yellow small beast.

"Go. I imagine the treasure in his hand is of some use to you." Han Li said calmly.

"Thank you, Master. That treasure of his seems to be mixed with some spirit bones of a Fire Qilin; it is indeed of great benefit to me." The Leopard Qilin Beast looked at the Qilin phantom in the golden light in the distance, and said in human speech, filled with joy.

Following this, the beast's body flickered, growing ten times larger. After moving its four limbs, it also transformed into a blurred phantom and chased after them.

With the Leopard Qilin Beast's escape speed and divine abilities, dealing with such a Demon Venerable with a damaged body would naturally be no problem.

In the blink of an eye, four streaks of light split into two directions and vanished into the void without a trace.

Han Li dropped his body, landed directly on the giant rock, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes to meditate.

After just a cup of tea's time, when Han Li opened his eyes again, spiritual light flashed at the edge of the horizon, and the golden insect cloud buzzed and emerged, flying back to the top of his head like a shooting star.

Han Li swept his divine sense over the insect cloud, a smile appeared on his face, and he raised his sleeves.

The insect cloud dispersed with a buzz, transforming into golden flowers that shot into his sleeves and vanished without a trace.

Just as Han Li finished this, roaring sounds came from the other side of the sky, and the Leopard Qilin Beast's figure also emerged, shooting directly toward Han Li.

After just a few flashes, the Leopard Qilin Beast's golden body appeared above Han Li, but after another flicker, it transformed into a cute little girl of five or six years old, her small face pale as she hurriedly said.

"Master, it's not good. Run quickly!" The Leopard Qilin Beast had just appeared, but she shouted at Han Li in terror.

"What happened? Did the guy you were chasing run away?" Han Li was slightly startled and asked unexpectedly.

"No, the person I was chasing has already been killed by me. It's a beast tide. No... it's not a beast tide, it's... it's an insect tide, many, many Demon insects." The little girl stuttered, waving her hands and shouting at the green mist in the distance.

"Insect tide!" Han Li felt a chill, and his gaze swept toward the direction the Leopard Qilin Beast had returned from. But the distant blue sky was as usual, without the slightest abnormality.

Han Li felt strange, and just as he wanted to ask the Leopard Qilin Beast more, the scenery at the edge of the sky suddenly changed drastically.

The sky suddenly darkened, and a green line emerged strangely at the edge, growing thicker in the blink of an eye, and transforming into green mist that rolled toward the direction where Han Li was.

Han Li was shocked. His divine sense was released instantly, and at the same time, he poured spiritual power into his eyes, and blue light flashed wildly in his pupils.

Immediately, the originally blurred mist became clear in his eyes. And within the mist, beast shadows were heavy, filled with small Demon beasts of yellow-green color.

These Demon beasts had butterfly bodies and lion heads, each only a few feet large, but their bodies were covered in yellow-green fur, and their eyes were blood-red.

"Butterfly-Tailed Beasts! How could they appear here? Is this the 'insect tide' you were referring to?" Han Li's expression relaxed, and he asked the little girl.

Although the poison of the Butterfly-Tailed Beasts was extremely threatening to ordinary Body Integration cultivators, and even existence like the Long Clan old man might fear them by three points, he had cultivated the Myriad Poison Hunyuan Body, a divine ability that made him immune to all poisons. He was not afraid of these Butterfly-Tailed Beasts at all.

"It's not them, it's what's behind." The little girl's terror did not diminish at all; instead, she pointed anxiously at the green mist and shouted.

"Behind?" Han Li was startled and couldn't help but look carefully at the green mist in the distance. A moment later, his face changed drastically.

Only to see that behind the green mist, a purple light cloud had appeared at some point. It started as a thin layer, several miles large, but within a few breaths, the purple light cloud covered the sky and earth, obscuring most of the sky, looking boundless.

The green mist below and this purple cloud touched, emitting "zhi zhi" sharp cries!

Both decreased slightly, and tens of thousands of Butterfly-Tailed Beast remains fell from the green mist instantly, while many slender, long insects the length of chopsticks also fell from the purple gas.

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